At a rally in Arizona on Friday, former Democrat-turned-independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the food industry, accusing it of contributing to the poor health of American children.
Speaking alongside GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, Kennedy highlighted his concerns about the role of “big food” in the nation’s growing health crisis.
“Our children are now the unhealthiest, sickest children in the world,” Kennedy stated during the rally. He questioned the audience, “Don’t you want healthy children? Don’t you want the chemicals out of our food? Don’t you want the regulatory agencies to be free from corporate corruption?”
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Kennedy, who recently suspended his independent campaign and endorsed Trump, has been a vocal critic of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and food processing companies.
He argues that these entities are prioritizing profits over public health, particularly when it comes to the well-being of children.
“These institutions—these regulatory agencies—are actually run by the big food processing companies, the big ag, and the chemical companies that they’re supposed to regulate,” Kennedy continued, underscoring his belief that corporate interests have deeply infiltrated the regulatory bodies meant to oversee them.
Kennedy also pointed to the food Americans consume, suggesting that it is a significant factor in the rise of chronic diseases and cancer across the country.
Following Kennedy’s remarks, Trump expressed his support for addressing these health concerns. He announced that if elected, he would establish a panel of experts to collaborate with Kennedy in investigating the causes of increasing health issues such as autoimmune disorders, obesity, and infertility in the United States.
Make America Healthy Again #MAHA pic.twitter.com/En9bvXWnPO
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 24, 2024
“We want every child in America to grow up and live a long and healthy life,” Trump said, aligning his campaign with Kennedy’s call for greater scrutiny of the food industry and its impact on public health.
Kennedy’s endorsement of Trump and his strong stance against “big food” mark a notable shift in the 2024 presidential race, as the former Democratic candidate brings his concerns about public health and corporate influence to the forefront of the campaign.
RFK Jr explains how Big Pharma, the FDA, and the food lobbying industry profit from making kids obese and their solution is to prescribe them Ozempic instead of recommending diet and exercise. pic.twitter.com/J7NfUMjcWU
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 23, 2024
Full transcript of the video above:
“The processed food companies, they’re deciding what Americans you know here is healthy, and the recommendations on the food pyramid and what goes through our school lunch programs, which go, what go to the you know, the program, the Swiss program, the Food Stamp programs. They’re all corrupted and conflicted individuals.
These agencies, the FDA, USDA and CDC, all of them are controlled by giant for profit corporations. 75% of the FDA funding doesn’t come from taxpayer it comes from pharma. And pharma executives and consultants and lobbyists cycle in and out of these agencies.
With President Trump’s backing, I’m going to change that. We’re going to staff these agencies with honest scientists and doctors who are free from industry funding. We’re going to make sure the decisions of consumers, doctors and patients are informed by unbiased science.
A sick child is the best thing for the pharmaceutical industry. When American children or adults get sick with a chronic condition, they’re put on medication for their entire life. Imagine what happens when Medicare starts paying for Ozempic, which costs $1,500 a month, and it’s being recommended for children as young as six, all for a condition obesity that is completely preventable and barely even existed 100 years ago, since 74% of Americans are obese. The cost of all of them took their Ozempic prescription is $3 trillion a year.
This is a drug that is made by Novo Nordisk, the biggest company in Europe. It’s a Danish company, and the Danish government does not recommend it. It recommends change in diet to treat obesity and exercise. And in our country. The recommendation now is for Ozempic to children at age six.
Novo Nordisk is the biggest company in Europe, and purchasing its entire value is based upon its projections of what it’s going to sell of the Ozempic it’s going to sell to America and we have the food lobbyists have a bill in front of Congress today that is backed by the White House, backed by Vice President Harris and President Biden to allow this to happen.
This $3 trillion cost is going to bankrupt our country. We for a fraction of that amount, we could buy organic food for every American family, three meals a day, and eliminate diabetes altogether. We’re we’re going to bring healthy food back to school lunches. We’re going to stop subsidizing the worst foods with our agricultural subsidies.”
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